diff -up lynx2-8-6/src/HTML.c.crash lynx2-8-6/src/HTML.c
--- lynx2-8-6/src/HTML.c.crash	2005-12-18 17:52:30.000000000 -0500
+++ lynx2-8-6/src/HTML.c	2008-08-07 14:00:57.000000000 -0400
@@ -6992,7 +6992,7 @@ static int HTML_end_element(HTStructured
 
     case HTML_SELECT:
 	{
-	    char *ptr;
+	    char *ptr = NULL;
 
 	    /*
 	     * Make sure we had a select start tag.
@@ -7032,13 +7032,15 @@ static int HTML_end_element(HTStructured
 	    /*
 	     * Finish the previous option.
 	     */
-	    ptr = HText_setLastOptionValue(me->text,
-					   me->option.data,
-					   me->LastOptionValue,
-					   LAST_ORDER,
-					   me->LastOptionChecked,
-					   me->UCLYhndl,
-					   ATTR_CS_IN);
+	    if (!me->first_option)
+		ptr = HText_setLastOptionValue(me->text,
+					       me->option.data,
+					       me->LastOptionValue,
+					       LAST_ORDER,
+					       me->LastOptionChecked,
+					       me->UCLYhndl,
+					       ATTR_CS_IN);
+
 	    FREE(me->LastOptionValue);
 
 	    me->LastOptionChecked = FALSE;